Hernia mesh is made of polypropylene (PP), a cheap polymer that comes from the petroleum industry. At least one trial gave us a closer look at how that polymer is treated before it is made into a permanent medical device – surgical mesh – used…
Our elderly loved ones, who are members of one of the most vulnerable populations in the nation, need to be treated with a high level of caution and care during medical situations. Unfortunately, worldwide trends have shown that the carelessness of prescribing doctors often leads…
On Jan. 1, a new law came into effect that requires hospitals in the United States to post the prices of all of their offered services and procedures online.
Following the overwhelming evidence that iron deficiency anemia medication Injectafer is unsafe, Pogust Millrood recently submitted the nation’s first lawsuit against the big pharma companies responsible for Injectafer.
Today, medical/hospital error is the third leading cause of death in the United States. While some sources differ, high estimates indicate that up to 440,000 deaths are caused each year by preventable medical errors. In addition to this, a staggering 86 percent of mistakes made…
If you regularly use Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) talc baby powder products, as many of us do, you may be increasing your risk of developing cancer. New research has revealed that since as early as 1971, J&J executives, managers, doctors, and lawyers have been aware…
By now, most people have heard that there are thousands of product liability lawsuits filed against the makers of permanent polypropylene (PP) mesh implants for both hernias and pelvic repair. Some of the biggest names in Big Pharma are among them – Johnson & Johnson…
Each year, one of every 20 U.S. deaths, which encompasses around 140,000 people, is caused by a stroke. Nearly nine in 10 of these strokes are ischemic strokes, which occur when blood flow to the brain is limited or blocked. This blockage deprives the brain…
A leading hernia mesh doctor reports that her California office is being inundated with requests for hernia mesh removals. Dr. Shirin Towfigh is the principal investigator among researchers reporting on the conclusion of a 4.5 year study on mesh removals, published in Hernia Magazine December…
A former top executive of Insys Therapeutics Inc., an Arizona-based pharmaceutical company, pleaded guilty in a Boston courthouse in late November to bribing doctors to prescribe the company’s strongest opioid medication. The former executive, Alec Burlakoff, was Insys’ vice president of sales and i
NBC News investigative reporters sat down with Andrew Chappell a few weeks ago at his Missouri home to talk about his Biomet M2a hip replacement nightmare. The reporters wanted to know why seven nations, including Australia, Germany, and Great Britain, knew about serious problems with the…
Recently, researchers at the University of California confirmed that head injuries can lead to serious brain disorders in the future. This study was the first to examine individual cell types’ reactions to brain trauma, which was done through the observation of 6,000 individual cells in…
